I bought a Polamco lathe a few days ago. When I bought bought it I thought it just needed some tlc and everything would be pretty good. I failed to appreciate how much damage can be done with flood coolant. The machine wouldn't feed away from the headstock. I expected something on the order of a missing pin or sheared key. I got a real surprise when I looked inside the apron. The oil was just a contaminated sludge. Now this machine is actually set up pretty well to protect it from coolant. There are gaskets on the covers. Orings on the shafts. I have to assume that oil changes weren't high on the PM list. Every bearing in the apron is trashed. Today I got it all cleaned up and made a parts list of bearings that I need. I'm hoping that Motion Industries will have everything I need. It will definitely go back together easier than it came apart. It's really a well built machine. I have to rethink my use of flood coolant after seeing this. Tomorrow I can start on the saddle. I don't foresee any surprises there. It doesn't even have any crash marks on it.
Chuck
Chuck